Medical Term:
acceleration
Pronunciation: ak-sel-er-ā′shŭn
Definition:
- The act of accelerating.
- The rate of increase in velocity per unit of time; commonly expressed in g units; also expressed in centimeters or feet per second squared.
- The rate of increasing deviation from a rectilinear course.
See: radial acceleration
[see accelerator]
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